Ocean's Last Breath [Nathan Longstride]

by **Cachet** on October 14th, 2011, 12:32 pm

When she had finished crying she just kept a firm hug on Nathan. She was done but she didn’t want to leave him. She felt safe here for some reason. Like she could finally let go of everything. Who was this traveler? Had he come here for the festivities like so many others had? She didn’t honestly know but she did know that this man had helped her. And for his trouble she needed to give him something. Once she had finished and gathered herself again and her breathing had returned to normal she looked down on the ground behind her. There the steel dagger sat on the ground. It had wonderful gold inlay and decoration that wove down from the handle all the way through the blade itself. It would be useful in combat, but it was also very beautiful…as Nathan had indeed noticed already. The woman released her grip in Nathan and then picked up the dagger and spoke.

“This blade haunts me Nathan. It is the same blade my mother carried with her when she answered her call abroad. I wish to let my mother go. But every time I see this blade I remember.” She turned the wonderful blade over in her hands…she knew what she had to do. “You have to take it away from here Nathan, I don’t want to remember it. I want to let go.” She offered it to Nathan along with its matching sheath. If he took it the woman would smile if he declined she would press him harder to take it from her. She didn’t want it any longer.

“We likely need to go back into town.” She said as she smiled and looked down the beach to the entry.

by **Nathan Longstride** on October 14th, 2011, 8:11 pm

Nathan felt the sobs shrink to small whimpers from the Konti resting in his arms. A woman whose name he did not know was crying into his chest. A woman who he diverted from suicide with only his words. It truly was not what he expected to experience the first day he was on shore since leaving Zeltiva. But it truly was random, something Nathan had come to love since being named a follower of Kelwyn.

Slowly the embrace weakened, until the Konti woman pulled away from his chest. Nathan fingered the tear stains, praising Kelwyn they were that instead of blood. But a louder praise was lifted when the woman picked up the dagger. Not to retry her failed attempt at her life, but to give it to him as a gift. He understood that the mother carried it, but he knew nothing of this call abroad. To Nathan, abroad simply meant to travel elsewhere. For what, he did not know.

As the girl handed it to him, Nathan ran his finger over it as he admired it. Runes were etched into the steel blade, along with ivory and gold. It was a true beauty to him, who carried two plain daggers and a plain steel assassin dagger. It was the perfect gift for someone like Nathan. A gift he wouldn't turn down. So he stuck the dagger in its sheath, he opened one of his empty pockets of his robe, sticking it in. The Konti wore a smile that widened just a little when Nathan made a slight bow. "I thank you for the gift, Miss. Where it haunted you, it will only remind me of my first experience in Mura. Alas, it is getting late, and it would be better for us to return to the city. Shall we?"

With a slight smile, he held his arm out, cocked at a ninty-degree angle, so that the woman could place her hand on his elbow, or even link elbows. With the danger behind him, he was ready to head back to town. Oh how that other woman will feel when she learns what she did. The crew on the ship wouldn't believe it if they saw him walking back into town with a beautiful woman on his arm. Rumors would spread about what Nathan did exactly on that deserted beach. But none would be true, as none were there. Only a frightened woman who feared the future, and a Zeltivan teenager who was in the wrong place at the right time. But after everything, was it really the wrong ending?

by **Cachet** on October 18th, 2011, 1:27 pm

OOCWrap up next post and collect your rewrad ^_^
Just like Nathan had predicted the woman from earlier was very glad to see one of her granddaughters returned to her in good condition. She was astonished more than anything really. She was thinking that she was going to be carrying home a body today. But instead she was going to be able to enjoy her granddaughters presence again. Something she thought was impossible. But it seemed her faith in a complete stranger wasn’t misplaced. He had done what she believed to be impossible. The woman flew off Nathan’s arm and the two of them hugged. Rejoicing that they could spend time together. They spoke in Kontinese to each other and then the older woman looked back to Nathan.

“Please join us for a meal. It is the least I can do.” She wouldn’t let him decline and it seemed that the twins gave all kinds of strange rewards for accomplishing their odd tasks.

The woman he saved would help escort her hero to the home and the grandmother lead the way. Oh there would be all kinds of rumors. But in the end they would likely only help Nathan.

Nathan :

Conclusion:In all Nathan well played. I enjoyed this and will indeed continue to enjoy threads with you while you are here. Keep up the good work.

Anything seem out of place? Any questions please feel free to contact me ASAP.

by **Nathan Longstride** on October 18th, 2011, 3:24 pm

Nathan enjoyed icing on his cake, and nothing could better describe the embrace of the Konti woman he had just saved and the woman who had ran off for help earlier. It was a sweet ending to what had happened that day. And an invite for dinner with the two women was just the cherry on top.

So Nathan followed both women to their home to enjoy whatever they could whip up. And after eating the rations of the sea for thirty days, this was a gift above gifts that Kelwyn could give them. Nathan lifted up a little praise as he followed. Thank you.

The End